Sunday Fun day

Last night was a lot of fun! Nothing fancy, but a couple friends came over while we BBQ’ed.

In Texas we are very opinionated about our BBQ techniques! While I don’t really have a huge preference for charcoal versus propane grills, Chris has always been a charcoal man. Plus we had ribs on the menu and those HAVE to be smoked for best flavor! Love that our grill is large enough to accommodate so much food! I should have taken a picture with the lid open so you could see – we had ribs, chicken breasts, sausages, asparagus in foil, and potatoes.

Some of the meats:

And the asparagus – I had fresh minced garlic in there with a bit of butter. When it was done I put slices of brie on top to melt.

Amazing!

Then this morning I started the day right with a giant protein pancake topped with some fresh blueberries & a drizzling of 100% pure maple syrup

Then, I spent a good chunk of the afternoon making THESE over

into THIS

Like the boys playing in the background? Here’s a closer look

fighting over palm fronds

Isn’t this flower pot so cute? My sister got it for me!

And then rewarded myself with a delicious Eegee!

An Eegee is hard to describe – like a mix between a snow cone and a slush, with real fruit chunks. PERFECT for sunny, warm afternoons!

I got a kid size: half strawberry and half lucky lime (even though it looks yellow for some reason?)

The lime is a seasonal flavor and I guess they call it “Lucky Lime” for St. Patty’s Day? Anyone doing anything special to celebrate? It’s been years since I’ve really “celebrated” St. Patrick’s Day. If anything, I may go to an Irish Pub for dinner, then call it a night.

And now we’ve rented Due Date so we’ll be hanging out at the house while I intermittently watch the movie and work on prepping my lectures for the week.

Our flight on the way back was over booked and we had a two day delay in Houston, Texas. We made the most of it and did some exploring…You are right you guys do specialize in BBQ! I think I gained twenty pounds in two days! The food was so good 🙂

I always start with seedlings from lowes or target so that I can’t kill the baby veggie plant! That for sure jenn-and-paul-proofs gardening in my house! Though its a few bucks per plant and I’d love to go cheapo with seeds!

my research project is a gardening intervention for overweight kids during the summer. if you have any specific questions you can let me know! 🙂

like jenn suggested, we start with seedlings for tomatoes, peppers, and any other plants that have longer growing seasons than our short wisconsin summers allow (but we plant the seeds ourselves – i just helped start them last week!).